---
typeId: term
recordId: causal-reference
fields:
  title: Causal Reference
  definition: A structured reference from one Benac record to another record, object,
    actor, session, invocation, evidence item, effect, diagnostic, request, approval,
    package draft, package CID, invocation contract snapshot CID, descriptor snapshot
    CID, build report, validation report, fixture result, storage record, compute
    record, or disclosure record that helps reconstruct why an event occurred.
  order: 7835
  usage:
    - Causal references support audit, debugging, agent repair, and conformance
      reconstruction. They do not grant authority.
  sourceDocument: operator ticket 266e382d-cab9-4be7-b70c-6cfb7b49dccb
  sourceVersion: 2026-05-04
  sourceSections:
    - 7. Definitions
---
